Tag: Le Monde S.A
ECB raises key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points
Frankfurt The European Central Bank (ECB) continues to raise interest rates in the euro area. It raises the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to four percent. The currently…
ECB officials signal rate hike – scope open
Passers-by in front of the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt am Main In March, the ECB raised interest rates by half a percentage point. (Photo: IMAGO/Jochen Tack) Frankfurt Leading ECB officials…
Destinations in southern Europe report major staff shortages
Athens, Madrid, Paris, Rome Tourism in southern Europe experienced a strong recovery last year, and this season the number of bookings could be even higher. The desire to travel is…
Paris votes against electric scooters – rental scooters disappear in September
Paris no longer wants e-scooters Electric scooters in front of the Eiffel Tower: The population of the French capital voted against the further use of e-scooters. (Photo: Bloomberg) Paris Parisians…
Elisabeth Borne travels to Berlin
Paris President Emmanuel Macron will send his Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne to Berlin on Friday. The 61-year-old pays Chancellor Olaf Scholz her inaugural visit and meets Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck.…
Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to settle the dispute with France
Paris At the beginning of September, the business elite from Germany and France gathered in the French Alpine town of Évian. The exclusive get-together at the Grand Hotel Royal d’Evian-les-Bains…
Strikes become a risk for Macron
strike in France A striking worker holds a Bengali light at the entrance to TotalEnergies’ oil depot. (Photo: dpa) Paris When the long queues at French gas stations were discussed,…
Renault is exploring partnerships with Geely and Aramco for combustion engines
arcana Renault plans to sell part of its combustion engine activities. (Photo: Reuters) Paris Renault apparently has two partners from China and Saudi Arabia in mind for the planned spin-off…
“Pay the price of freedom” – Macron risks new “yellow vest” movement
It’s about energy and purchasing power, but also about the planned reforms of unemployment insurance and pension insurance. France’s media are already outdoing each other with gloomy prophecies. It is…
Data leak exposes dubious lobbying by Uber
new York Since taking office, Uber boss Dara Khosrowshahi has certainly been trying to improve the image of the driving service. However, a massive data leak is now causing the…
Data leak exposes dubious lobbying by Uber
Uber founder Travis Kalanick After several scandals, the founder of the ride-hailing service Uber had to withdraw from the company. (Photo: Reuters) new York Actually, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wanted…
Macron camp heading for majority
Paris After his re-election, French President Emmanuel Macron will need to retain control of parliament to implement his policies for the next five years. But after Sunday’s first round of…
Research shows extent of mistreatment of Uyghurs
Beijing These are oppressive descriptions that an international media consortium published on Tuesday based on a large data leak. Thousands of previously secret documents show the alleged offenses for which…
What if Marine Le Pen becomes President?
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen A rift runs through French society. The right-wing nationalist camp in France has never been closer to power than it is now. Even if…
What if Marine Le Pen becomes President?
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen A rift runs through French society. The right-wing nationalist camp in France has never been closer to power than it is now. Even if…
Why the head of French military intelligence has to go
Paris The French secret services had assumed that an invasion of Ukraine would be too costly. (Photo: dpa) Paris Unlike the US intelligence services, the French did not assume that…
That’s how annoyed other countries are about German energy policy
New York, Berlin, Paris Naive, negligent, hypocritical: Germany’s energy policy is becoming the focus of political debates around the world. Above all, it is America that has devastatingly described Berlin’s…
Why Marion Maréchal’s betrayal is a blow to Marine Le Pen
Paris The moment of comeback for Marion Maréchal has come. “When France invites you to a rendez-vous, you don’t hesitate, you go. That’s why I’m here,” said the 32-year-old on…
Bank apparently had autocrats and criminals as customers
CreditSuisse Over 30,000 account records have been evaluated by an international network of journalists. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Berlin According to a media report, the Swiss bank Credit Suisse has accepted…